Folks with New Year's resolutions to finally get fit typically pack Play It Again Sports in LaViva Plaza in January in search of treadmills, elliptical machines and various other devices designed to torture the average couch potato. ...more

January 21, 2009

The problem with these federal bailout bills is they are too complicated. There are too many moving parts, too many caveats, too many clauses which obscure a clear understanding of exactly how these billions spent will stimulate the economy. ...more

December 17, 2008

In recent years the average family of four has spent more than $5,300 on food, nearly $3,000 on gifts, $2,100 on clothing and $3,000 on recreation. That's all well and good when you're spending money that you have, but what about if you're watching your pennies because of a layoff or a plummeting 401(k) balance? ...more

November 9, 2008

Several parents in Samantha Snow's second-grade class at Shiloh Elementary Charter School decided that every classroom at the school should have a computer or two. ...more

October 15, 2008

With millions of dollars in surplus property gathering dust in warehouses across the city, officials think they have found a faster way to unload their unwanted merchandise. ...more

October 6, 2008

Months before the drought had seized the public's full attention, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division granted permits for a new coal-fired power plant in Early County, a rural community in a severely depressed corner of southwest Georgia. But for a variety of reasons - including mounting concerns about long-lasting water shortages and worsening air pollution - state regulators ought to reconsider, or even reverse, the decision. ...more

November 7, 2007